It will do a pretty good job of it if it's an island in the central Pacific Ocean, 300km away from its closest neighbouring country.
It's like the joke about outrunning a bear, they just need to run faster than the rest of us. There are only 12k people on Nauru to outlast, and a few years of supplies don't take up very much space either.
I can only guess, but it looks like a circle-jerk in these ultrarich-by-creating-nothing-of-value “tech-bro” spheres. Even the articel suggests
Bunker life is a well-documented fixation among tech billionaires, particularly those who identify as doomsday preppers. There’s also a fascination with buying large estates in the Pacific and even owning small islands there.
Once you reach a certain level there is nobody who dares to question you or your believes. It’s all yes-man trying to get a piece of your cake.
I don’t think there’s anything fundamentally wrong with eugenics. Screening for genetic diseases before birth is eugenics, selecting the best embryos for ivf is eugenics. Believing that people with severe genetic disabilities should be counseled before conceiving is eugenics as well.
The issue is the way it’s done and the reason for it.
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